AT&T Named One of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises

Dallas, Texas, February 24, 2012

Honoring the company’s ongoing practice of increasing opportunities for women-owned businesses, AT&T was named to the 2011 list of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) for the 13th straight year by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

As the largest organization dedicated to advancing women-owned businesses, WBENC began issuing the list in 1999 to recognize and promote companies that develop innovative best practices that result in productive business partnerships with WBEs. AT&T is one of only three companies to appear on the list each year since its inception.

“Women-owned businesses provide exceptional value and are key to helping deliver the products and services that AT&T customers have come to expect,” said Marianne Stroebel, executive director, AT&T Global Supplier Diversity. “We are honored to be named to this prestigious list for the 13th straight year and we look forward to continue working with women-owned businesses.”

AT&T initiatives to reach WBEs include the AT&T Women Entrepreneurial Forum, which brings more than 30 women business leaders together to collaborate and identify future business requirements and emerging communication needs and trends. In addition, AT&T holds quarterly “Meet the Primes” Matchmaker events where WBEs are matched with other corporations in one-on-one meetings to find business opportunities.

AT&T has been working to expand its work with women-owned businesses since 1968, when it started the Global Supplier Initiative. In the last year, AT&T spent over $2.5 billion with WBE, representing 6 percent of the company’s total spend. AT&T has set an aggressive goal of purchasing 21.5 percent of its total spend from diversity suppliers, which include woman, minority, and disabled veteran-owned businesses.

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About AT&TAT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T |DIRECTV brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising.

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